Menuhin: A Family Portrait - Softcover

Palmer, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190872806X ISBN 13: 9781908728067

Publisher: Gonzo Multimedia, 2016

Synopsis

Yehudi Menuhin was the most famous violinist of his day. Acclaimed a 'second Mozart' as a young boy, he toured the capitals of Europe and America, astounding audiences with the extraordinary profundity of his playing. Yet, in the 1940s, after the collapse of his first marriage and the horrors of World War II, Menuhin's playing seemed to lose its magic. His conducting showed that he was still a powerful interpreter, but the violin was no longer 'his friend'. In this highly controversial biography, newly released with over 100 photographs, film director Tony Palmer strips away many of the Menuhin myths which built up during his career. He reveals that, far from having a 'golden childhood', as Menuhin always claimed, family life was tense and troubled. Drawing on extensive interviews with Menuhin himself and with his family, Palmer brings us into the presence of Menuhin's overpowering personality, his electrifying talent and his missionary zeal. In his lifetime, Menuhin captivated millions; now, as he says himself, 'It's time it all came out.' "The most brilliant psychological study of an artist and human being I have ever come across" Marvin Kitman, New York Newsday

About this title

Product Description

The text for this book arose from materials the author collected while making a television biography of Yehudi Menuhin. Of course, what a book cannot include is the sound of Yehudi playing, without which it might be argued no biography of Menuhin is complete. It was first transmitted on Channel Four Television in Britain, to celebrate Yehudi's seventy-fifth birthday. What follows, therefore, is not biography in the strictest sense, although it gives the illusion of chronology, and all its facts, as far as I can ascertain, are correct. Rather, it is an impression of the man and his artistry through the words - principally - of his family, living or dead.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gonzo Multimedia
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 190872806X
• ISBN 13: 9781908728067
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236